Major General Marquis Gilbert de Lafayette is a statue in Lafayette Park, by Jean Alexandre Joseph Falguiere.

It was cast in 1890, and installed in April 1891.

The inscription reads:

Jean Alexandre Joseph Falguiere

Marius Jean Antonin Mercie (Base, west side, on cannon:)

Maurice Denonvilliers, Foundeur Paris 1890 (Base, south side, on shield:)



TO

GENERAL

LA FAYETTE

AND HIS

COMPATRIOTS

1777-1783

DERVILLE FARBRE (Base, north side, on cartouche:)

BY THE CONGRESS

IN COMMEMORATION

OF THE SERVICES

RENDERED BY

GENERAL LAFAYETTE

AND HIS COMPATRIOTS

DURING THE STRUGGLE

FOR THE

INDEPENDENCE

OF THE UNITED STATES

OF AMERICA


As part of American Revolution Statuary

American Revolution Statuary

American Revolution Statuary is a group of fourteen statues in Washington, D.C., listed with the National Register of Historic Places. The statues are scattered across Washington, mainly in squares and traffic circles, with four statues of European officers displayed in Lafayette Square, across...

 in Washington, D.C. the statue is listed on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...

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External links

• "Statue Marquis de Lafayette", Wikimapia
• "Notes of Some Lafayette Monuments", Expédition Particulière Commenorative Cantonment, 5 October 2010
• "Suffrage protestors burn speech by President Wilson at Lafayette Statue in Washington, D.C.", Library of Congress